Evaluation of the haemoglobin colour scale

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 839-

  Cherian, M ^a   Emmanuel, J C ^a   Lewis, S M ^b   Montresor, A ^a   Farley, T M M ^a   Savioli, L ^a   Stott, G ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLOR; HEALTH MONITORING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOMETER; LETTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COLOR; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036034135     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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